False financial statements

    Jack Donson, president of New York-based My Federal Prison Consultant and a retired federal Bureau of Prisons employee, outside federal court and Manhattan Correctional Center, right, where he's consulted with inmate clients, Friday March 1, 2019, in New York. Donson welcomes recent criminal indictments exposing shady dealings in the largely unregulated industry of "prison consultants." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    March 11, 2019 - 11:20 am

    Show up drunk: Indictments spotlight prison rehab scams

    It's a tip that has been passed onto convicts for years: On your way to federal prison, say you have a substance abuse problem, and you could qualify for a treatment program that knocks up to a year off your sentence. Federal prosecutors have long suspected abuses in the program, which has enrolled...
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    Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, front, travels in a car Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Tokyo, after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) in bail once an appeal by prosecutors against his release was rejected. Ghosn was arrested in November and is charged with falsifying financial reports and breach of trust. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
    March 06, 2019 - 7:45 am

    Former Nissan chairman Ghosn released after posting bail

    TOKYO (AP) — Wearing a mask, cap and what looked like a construction worker's outfit, the former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Carlos Ghosn, left a Tokyo detention center Wednesday after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail. Although his face was obscured as he left the facility, Ghosn's...
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    A car carrying a masked man, center, believed to be former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, leaves Tokyo’s Detention Center in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Ghosn was released Wednesday after putting up 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) in bail.(Suo Takekuma/Kyodo News via AP)
    March 06, 2019 - 7:04 am

    The Latest: Ghosn release allows 'free and serene' defense

    TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the release of former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn from the Tokyo Detention Center after he posted 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail (all times local): 6:30 p.m. France's finance minister says they decision to free Carlos Ghosn on bail will allow him to defend...
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    Junichiro Hironaka, Chief defense lawyer of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, March 4, 2019. Hironaka said Monday that Ghosn promised to accept camera surveillance as a way to monitor his activities if he is released from the detention center where he has been held since his Nov. 19 arrest. Ghosn has been charged with falsifying financial reports and breach of trust. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
    March 04, 2019 - 4:08 am

    3rd time lucky? Nissan ex-chair Ghosn hoping for his release

    TOKYO (AP) — The new lawyer of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says he believes the auto executive's latest request for release from a Japanese detention center on bail, his third, might succeed. Junichiro Hironaka said Monday that Ghosn promised to accept camera surveillance as a way to...
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    Michael Cohen, center, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, arrives to testify before a closed-door hearing of the House Intelligence Committee accompanied by his lawyer, Michael Monico of Chicago, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    February 28, 2019 - 11:21 pm

    Democrats eye new inquiries, witnesses after Cohen testimony

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After three days of grilling Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Democrats are quickly using his words as a roadmap to open new lines of investigation into the president's ties to Russia and summon additional witnesses. Cohen completed a third day of testimony...
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    In this May 12, 2016, photo, former Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks during a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Lawyers for Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman detained for more than three months in Japan, requested his release on bail Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, the Tokyo District Court said. Two earlier requests were rejected.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
    February 28, 2019 - 4:26 am

    Tokyo court says lawyers again seeking Ghosn release on bail

    TOKYO (AP) — Lawyers for Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman detained for more than three months in Japan, requested his release on bail Thursday, the Tokyo District Court said. Two earlier requests were rejected. The auto industry veteran was arrested Nov. 19 and charged with...
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    February 20, 2019 - 5:05 am

    Nissan ex-boss Ghosn's new lawyer questions handling of case

    TOKYO (AP) — The newly appointed star defender for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says he believes the case against his client does "not meet international standards." Junichiro Hironaka also said Wednesday that he believed Ghosn's trial on charges of falsifying financial reporting and breach...
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    In this June 27, 2012, photo, lawyer Junichiro Hironaka speaks at press cub of courthouse in Tokyo. Hironaka, a defense lawyer famous for winning innocent verdicts in a legal system where 99 percent of the cases result in convictions, has been hired to defend Nissan Motor Co.'s former chairman Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 after Motonari Ohtsuru, the lawyer heading the defense for Ghosn was resigned. (Kyodo News via AP)
    February 13, 2019 - 5:57 am

    Lawyer famous for acquittals to defend Nissan ex-chair Ghosn

    TOKYO (AP) — Junichiro Hironaka, a lawyer famous for winning extremely rare acquittals in Japan, has been tapped to defend Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn as he battles charges of false financial reporting and breach of trust. The move, confirmed Wednesday by Ghosn and Hironaka's office,...
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    Nissan Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a press conference at its Global Headquarter in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Nissan reported a drop in third quarter profit to about a fourth of the previous year's, mainly because U.S. tax reforms had lifted profits a year earlier. Nissan has been rocked recently by the arrest of its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, on charges of financial misconduct. (Akiko Matsushita/Kyodo News via AP)
    February 12, 2019 - 5:25 am

    Nissan's profit drops amid former chair Ghosn's arrest

    TOKYO (AP) — Nissan said Tuesday that its third quarter profit plunged to about a quarter of the previous year's, partly due to special charges related to alleged false financial reporting by its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn. The main factor behind the sharp weakening in profit, however, was the...
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    FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, Jean-Dominique Senard addresses the media after being appointed Renault chairman following a meeting of the board at Renault headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, France. Nissan Motor Co.'s board chose Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, as a director Senard, who was recently appointed chairman at the Japanese automaker's alliance partner Renault SA. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
    February 05, 2019 - 5:55 am

    Nissan board taps Renault's Senard, shareholders meeting set

    TOKYO (AP) — Nissan's board has chosen as a director Jean-Dominique Senard, who was recently appointed chairman at the Japanese automaker's alliance partner Renault SA of France. Nissan Motor Co. said in a statement that its board decided Tuesday to hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on...
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